Friday, June 11, 2010

Weekly Challenge at Inspiration Avenue

Serenity

I was digging through my stuff trying to get organized, and I came across this watercolor painting I did years ago. Also panicking because I haven't started anything yet for the Summer challenge at Inspiration Avenue. I really didn't want to skip this week because a) I love the theme of summer and b) the theme was *my* idea!
What kind of host would I be, to not enter the challenge :)

I thought this would work perfectly because the breeze
rustling through the trees and the sound of flowing water
is so relaxing and summery.
I hope the image on the paper can evoke those sounds.
I painted it from a photo I took in Virginia.
Now I can't even remember exactly where, but I am thinking it was
somewhere between Williamsburg and Richmond.

Here is another watercolor I found at the same time:

Not sure if I like it as well, but I kind of like the summery feel.

I think I will use the trees as my challenge entry since it shows what I like so much about summer.

11 comments:

Love the trees & river, reminds me of growing up in Colorado & being out in the mountains picnicing among the aspen trees. The have the most amazing sound when the wind/breeze blows through them. Thanks for sharing....I do hear the leaves & the running water when I look at the painting. Loretta

I love both of them, the one of the river is so serene I can almost hear the water and the one of the woman with her summery hat, makes me imagine sitting on a hill in the hot sun just daydreaming away.......wonderful!